Parliaments and the pandemic / Study of Parliament Group.
By: Study of Parliament Group [issuing body.]
.Publisher: [United Kingdom?] : Study of Parliament Group, January 2021Description: ii, 208 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Study of Parliament Group | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Government policy -- Channel Islands | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Government policy -- Isle of Man | Parliamentary practice -- Great Britain | Parliamentary practice -- Channel Islands | Parliamentary practice -- Isle of ManAdditional Physical Form: Online versionAlso available online.Subject: "This collection of essays is about how the parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies reacted to a medical and economic crisis that has dominated everyone's lives in a way that has not happened in modern times. There are two essential elements to that: how the parliaments have adjusted their own ways of behaving to reflect the duty parliamentarians share with other citizens to curb the spread of the disease together with their special duty to set an example; but also how the functions of legislation, oversight and representation have changed (and become more difficult and more challenging and, often, less effective) because of the pandemic."-- Taken from page 2.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Other | House of Lords Library - Palace Westminster Archives | Parliamentary Pamphlets | QTO 328.41 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 019046 | ||
| Other | Offsite Offsite Deepstore | Pamphlets | PAM 2021/002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Not for loan | 019050 |
Title from cover.
"This collection of essays is about how the parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies reacted to a medical and economic crisis that has dominated everyone's lives in a way that has not happened in modern times. There are two essential elements to that: how the parliaments have adjusted their own ways of behaving to reflect the duty parliamentarians share with other citizens to curb the spread of the disease together with their special duty to set an example; but also how the functions of legislation, oversight and representation have changed (and become more difficult and more challenging and, often, less effective) because of the pandemic."-- Taken from page 2.
Also available online.